#8A7E24#8A7E24

#8A7E24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.108 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E24
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -6.08, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 48.29, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0216 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.108 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2613, 20.4532, 4.6547)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E24 #24308A

analogous

#8A4B24 #8A7E24 #638A24

triadic

#8A7E24 #248A7E #7E248A

tetradic

#8A7E24 #248A4B #24308A #8A2463

square

#8A7E24 #248A4B #24308A #8A2463

split-complementary

#8A7E24 #24638A #4B248A

monochromatic

#29250B #595217 #8A7E24 #BBAA31 #D3C456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A7E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A7E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E24

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E24	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.108 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa365',
    500: '#8a7e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e24;
$custom-light: #afa365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58712,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E24

secondary

#535FB7

accent

#58E246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E24

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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